When you get your plant, don't disturb the roots. Cut out the bottom of the pot, put the pot in the planting hole—with sandy, ...

The Coulter’s Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri), a California/Baja native plant, is a paradox. It is described as both ...

One impressive evergreen option is the blue fescue grass, Festuca glauca, famed for its low-growing habit and silvery-blue ...

A Porter Ranch family lost their huge terraced yard to the 2019 Saddleridge fire, but it gave them a blank slate to create a ...

October is a time of garden transition. Summer ends and fall begins. Toward the middle of the month, when the air cools and ...

You don't have to choose between saving money or saving the environment — by switching to a natural lawn, you can have both.

Carpinteria’s Natasha Lohmus is Santa Barbara County’s WaterWise contest winner, taking home the 2024 title for transforming her Carpinteria lawn into a water-efficient garden.

Four in 10 Americans say they chose their home location based on access to green spaces. Experts say sustainable landscaping ...

California native desert plants — propagated on-site at The Living Desert — will be available for purchase to start your own home garden! I spent a recent morning with both Mack Nash ...

This choice of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, including conifers, features some of the most cold tolerant of all garden plants. All surive temperatures below -20°C (-4°F), and have a hardiness rating ...

The company said it would be a “last-resort contingency measure” only used in case of an “extreme drought emergency ... such as temporary desalination plants and water-saving agreements ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks with Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove, of Bakersfield, Calif ...